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A Collection of Coalport Commemorative China to comprise Four Goblets to include Limited Edition Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1953-1978 (306/2000 pieces) Anniversary of The Founding of The City of York Designed by D Brindley, Limited Edition The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer (407/2000) together with The London Scene Tankard and Two Lidded Pots to Commemorate The Silver Wedding of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, Limited Edition (384) and Anniversary of The Marriage of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips (Limited Edition 692/1000), Condition issues
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER BELT LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, WANG HING & COMPANY, HONG KONG & CANTON 清末民初 宏興「WH」款 外銷銀編織腰帶 of woven design, with a shaped 'bamboo' buckle, marked at the end of the belt with 'WH'Dimensions:80cm long; 247gProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, ElginNote: With thanks to Adrien von Ferscht, a Chinese export silver specialist, for the information provided on the mark.
OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED VELVET PIRPIRI KAFTAN LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY the front black velvet ground heavily embroidered with silver and metal thread comprising repeat geometric and floral motifs, with foliated collar and cotton liningDimensions:103cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private collection of a notable Ottoman family in London.The collection is from a notable Ottoman land-owning family, that married over generations into the Sultans’ court. Some were judges, civil servants and vizirs in the Damascus vilayet, as well as members of parliament to the Sublime Porte.Note: Note: During the late Ottoman Empire, the sleeveless kaftan is known as the pirpiri type. For further examples in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, see Lale Gӧrünür, Women’s Costume of the late Ottoman Era, Istanbul 2010, nos. 49-52.
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER 'LOTUS LEAF' BOWL LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, WING FAT, CANTON & HONG KONG, CA. 1875-1930 清末民初 「兆昌」、「WF」、「90」錘印款、「SILVER」款 外銷銀池塘清趣紋荷葉形碗 the vessel formed as a lotus leaf raising to an undulating and uneven flared rim, the exterior detailed with vines, further decorated with crabs, salamanders, insects, snails, and butterflies, raised on three feet formed by lotus bud and seed stems borne on leaves, impressed '兆昌' (Zhao Chang), 'WF' and '90' adjacent to the central medallion with 'SILVER' on the baseDimensions:15.8cm wide; 259g
SMALL SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE, FANGHU SHISOU MARK, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 清 石叟款 銅錯銀絲饕餮耳方壺 of square baluster form, shoulders flanked by a pair of silver wire-inlaid taotie mask handles over an archaistic zoomorphic design, mouth and foot further inlaid with key-fret, the base inlaid with a two-character 'Shi Sou' markDimensions:10.2cm high; 427gNote: Note: Compare to a slightly bigger (13.3 cm high) silver-inlaid square-section bronze vase, attributed to Shi Sou and dated to the 17th-18th century, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2015.273. According to the catalogue, vases of this nature would have served as flower vases or for holding tongs and spatulas for the practice of incense burning. Also compare to a similar silver-inlaid bronze vase, fanghu, with Shi Sou mark and dated to the 17th-18th century, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 Oct 2014, lot 3361.
SPINACH GREEN JADE WITH AGATE INSET OPIUM PIPE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 碧玉鴉片煙管嵌瑪瑙煙嘴及銅鎏金飾 the cylindrical shaft in plain form with metal mount, inset both ends with agate mouthpiece, the stone of luscious rich green tone with variegated dark streaks Dimensions:49.5cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018)Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996.The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain.Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents.Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an in expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army.When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax.The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at this saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022, and subsequently Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art on 13 May 2022, lot 150-159Note: Note: To create a jade baton of this length requires a substantial jade boulder. The simplicity of the pipe showcases the attractive natural colour of the stone. Compare to a Chinese jade silver-mounted opium pipe, dated to the 20th century, sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 3-4 April 2012, lot 365.
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